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Sylva, N. C: Thursday, September 5, 1929
$2.00 Tear in Adv anee outside the County
engineers begin
SURVEY OF 106
iwincers lmvc arrived and are
uvi'n* ??' work 0U Hiffhway 106 b?*
wn S\Ua niul Cullowhee, and it
?'to-lieu'd that actual construction
*11 lu'iriii sometime the first of the
'shilling at the "Jim Ashe- bridge'
a(,a>ss Tuckaseigec^ river, the paving
vill inure toward Sylva.
The project is to be 16 foot OOD
(rrtc roadway.
The .-oiitract whs awarded to the
Wilson * ''instruction Company, of
Astlirvilic.
APPOINTS P. T. A. COMMITTEES
Al tin- uvular meeting of the Pa
rfU! Teacher Association, Monday af
lt,r,uuiii, tlu following list1 of coinmie
ws wa- irti.l, by the president, Mrs.
I |). Cowan:
l'roijrair. Mrs. Billy Davis, Mrs. C
S.ott. aiitl Miss Mayme Long. Memr
b,is|n|i, Mrs. K. L. Wilson, Mrs. Jeff
Hchlen, Mrs. K. O. Mashburn, Mrs.
yml Mct'oy, Mrs. R. U. Sutton. Ways
juul Means, Mrs. I). I). Hooper, Mrs.
.lolm A. I 'arris, Mrs. W. Mike Brown
prt.s> ami Publieiy, Mi's. Annie Tomp
kins. Mrs. K. K. Brown. Child Wei
fare, Mrs. .1. C. Allison, Mrs. J. F
Freeze. Mrs. 0. Z. Candler, Social
Mrs. M. Buchanan, Jr., Mrs. J. L. Dil
laitl, Mi? Sue Johnson, Miss Helen
Mii\ vvooi?.
Mrs. l owan also announced the
ntniuM"! the "mothers" appointed
l?r tl?> different grades. They are
First l?. Mrs. II. L. Phillips. First A,
Mrs. S. T. McOinniss. Second B
Mrs. 'A. t>. Allison. Second A, Mrs. D
M. Tallciit . Third B, Mrs. Charles
Bullock. Third A, Mrs. Vinnie Sut
ton. Fourth Mrs. W. L. Henson. Fifth
Mrs. I. I'.. Battle, Sixth, Mrs. David
Hall. Seventh, Mrs. Floyd Askey
Eighth, Mrs. John II. Wilson, Ninth
Mrs. ('. A. Miller, Tenth, Mrs. Q. M
Edwards. Klcventh, Mrs. E. L. Me
Kee.
The .sixth grade
picture awarded the grade "havThjj
the largest number of mothers pres
ent, the picture being given by Mrs
David Hull.
Mrs. Krnest Monteith made an ad
dress, using as her subject "The
Relation of the Parent to the School'
Mrs. Man Carter Brinson sang a so
lo, "Baby's Boat".
It was decided at the meeting to
buy shades for windows in the new
elementary school building.
It was decided to hold the meet
lnps on the first Monday afternoon
in cadi nion th, at three thirty o'clock |
SERVICE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
AT FIRST BAPTIST OHTJROH
Sunday night ,a ' ' Recognition
Service" lor the young people of the
church who are going away to school,
will ho hold at the Baptist church
here. Scuts will be reserved for the
vouiit; people, who will int in -* body,
except those who are members of the
choir, who will occupy their usual
places. Three speaker have been se
leoteil from the numbei, Edwin Alii
son speaking on "What I -hope to
Kot out of my school life," Miss Ruth
(irihlil^ on "What I expect to pnt
into my school life," and Miss K'ue
Allison on ' 'What I hope to mean J
t? my church while in school. "Anch-j
orei I" will he the theme which tho(
pastor, Rev. ,T. G. Murray, will nee
tor his sermon on this occasion.
The young ]>eqpltt for which ttyO(
service will he held are Misses Rnth
?rihhle, Willa Mae Dills and Kate,
Allison und' Richard Sutton and Ed
win Allison, who will go to Mars
Hill .Junior College; Misses Jometa
and Willa Nell Higdon, to Piedmont
I oil, m>, Domorest, (la., Earl Higdon
to Carson-Newman College, Jefferson I
City. Tenn., A. V. Washburn, Jr.,
to Wake Forest College, Miss fidith
Buchanan to Meredith College, Missel
Met 'alley to Western Carolina Teaph
cis llaroold Grindstaff tQ|
the l:niver; sitv of N. C., and Miss Sue
Sue MeCulley, Ruth Wilson and Paul
Buchanan to Western Carolina Teach
College; Harodi Grindstaff to
MRS. JAMES WOOD PASSES
Mis. Tamos Wood, wife of one of
l'"' prominent fcitizens of Canada
'^?'?l, Monday, at her home near Wolf
Mountain. Mrs. Wood was an elderly
la'Vv, a life-long resident of Jack
8?? county, and with a large family
connection. ^ .
SYLVA COLLEGIATE
INSTITUTE BEGINS
THIRTIETH TERM
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Confidence, in the success in the
term just beginning was the keynote
of the addresses made by members
of the board of trustees of Sylvn, Col
logiate Institute, by Dr. O'Haru
Superintendent of the mount&ii
schools of the Southern Baptist con
vention, and other friends of tho
school, at the opening exereieses held
yesterday morning, in the auditorium
! of the, school. "
Prof. E. H. Stillwell, of the faculty
of Western Carolina Teachers' Col
lege, who was scheduled for an ad
dress, was prevented, by illness, from
being present. Following Dr. O'Hara
short talks were made by Goo,
W. Sutton, J. B. Ensley, Hugh P.
Monteith, Rev. J. G. Murray, Rev
W. C. Ree<l, Rev. Geo. C. Snyder,
Mrs. O'Hara, Mi's. C. L. Allison, and
Mrs. Mary Brinson.
Mr. Mullinax, tell principal, intro
duced the members of the faculty,
who are: Miss Agnes Brown, Miss
Eleanor Moncrief, Miss Gladys Mc
Neill, Miss Edna Wallace, Mi-s. Eva
Keener, and Mr. Glenn Travis.
The hour following the opening cx
ercises was devoted to classificatioi
of the students and today regulai
class work began.
Quite a number- of students have
already enrolled and others will prob
ably enter later.
DRAW JURY FOR OCTOBER TERB
The county jury commission, com
posed of Thos. A. Cox, T. C. Bryson
and S. M. Parker, has draw the jur\
for the October term of the superio
court. The term begins October 7, an.*|
will bo for the trial of both crimial
and civil aauaes, Judge Michae
Schenck, of Hendersonvillo, will pre
side. *
The i urors drawn arc :
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Roy N. Cowau, Ealer Ensley, Chas
E. Campbell, L. P. Allen, Lloyd Hoop
er, J. H. Brooks, , lames R. Bryson
Charles Price, J. H. Bryson, P. R
Phillips, R. F. Jarrett, B. F. Ray
Bas Hooper, W. T. Patton, J. C. All
man, A. C. Watson, L. \V. Crawford
W. F. Lewis, Golden Ensley, J. C
Reed, T. B. Norton, C. W. Denning
Jesse Turpin, J. C. McCraeken
J. M. Cunningham, J. W. Cope
V. L. Cope, W. 0. Monteith, JT T
Dean, W. O. Monteitli, Neal Zachary
R. R. Deitz, Dave Thomas, Ranson
E. flfOopor, S. >A. Carden, D. H
Brown, '
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M. Y. Jarrett, Vernon Bumgarner, R
A. Pangle, Robert Buchanan, A. 6
Bryson, J. Allen Adams, H. II. Hoop
er, L. J. Smith, Luther Lannineg, Le<
Hooper, A. H. Weaver, R. W. Fisher
H. 0. Curtis, M. D. Cowan.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
R. P. Bumgarner to Mrs. Bonni<
Worley. ' J/
HOLD SHULER REUNION
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The annual reunion of the Shulei
family was held last Sunday at the
home - of R? B. Shuler, it being th<
fourth gathering of the Shuler fam
ily. It flras organized the first Sun
day in September, 1926, on Cam
Creek, in this county, at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Shuler, as a home
coming day for their family. Later
the connections asked to be admitted
which was granted, and, Sunday was
tho first gathering to have more thar
a hundred in attendance, some o.
whom arc among the oldest pioneers
Seoond Week
D. A. Stephens, Frank Tatham
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k J Senator Tyson Dies j ?
United States Senator Lawrence D.
Tyson of Tennessee, veteran of two
wars ' and ' recipient of the Distin
guished Service Medal during"* the
World War, died following a nervous
breakdown at the age of 68. ~ "
MBS. McKEE REPRESENTS
STATE AT MINNEAPOLIS
Mrs. E. L. McKeo lias just returned;
from' Minneapolis, where she and Mw.
N. A. Townsend wore the personal
representatives of the Governor -<*j
North Carolina at the dedication jfrf
Foshay Tower.
The Foshay tower, erected by the
W. B. Foshay Company, is an office
building, constructed in exact replica
of the Washington monument, ex
cept that it is much larger. It is
the realization of a dream of Mr.
W. B. Foshay to erect a memorial
to Washington in the Northwest.
TKHkG.s.CoT useEN bstu dentsBOY
WAX JONES SERIOUSLY OUT
Wax Jones, young Dillsboro n:an
is in the Candler- Nichols hospital
recovering from a serious cut, an<
Lou Deitz is being held, charged
with the cutting.
A party of tourist, coining through
from Atlanta, Saturday afternoon,
VMPlMuJad by Jones. The car^iopped
and ones wa? seen to bo desperate
ly wounded, and was rushed to the
hospital, by the strangers. He was
found to have a deep gash across the
back of the neck, and had bled pro
fusely. Saline solution was admin
istered, to take the place of the large
amount of blood that had been lost,
and a number of stitches were taken
to close the wound.
It was at first believed that Jone.
had Httle chance for recovery; but
he is now steadily gaining strength.
Had it not been for the quick action
of the Good Samaritans from Atlan
ta, it is believed that the young man
would have died from loss of blood
Jones refused absolutely to give
the nainei of the person who had so
nearly done him to death ; but officers
immediately began an investigation
with the result that Lon Deitz, wh(
livos near the jioint 011 Highway 285
where Jones was picked up, was plac
ed under arrest, charged with cutting
Jones.
Deitz was given a preliminary hear
ing, yesterday afternoon, before Esq
Aaron Hooper. Probable cause was
found, and -bond fixed at $500 for
his appearance at the October term
of the Superior court. Deitz furnish
ed the required bond, this morning
and w6s eleased.
REED TO FILL METHODIST
PULPIT SUNDAY
Rev. W. C. Reed, formerly prin
cipal of the Sylva Collegiate Insti
tute, will conduct services of worshij
and preach in the Sylva Methodist
church Sunday morning at 11 o 'clock,
and in the Methodist church at Dills
boro Sundiay evening at 8:00 p. m.
Mr. Reed is a forceful speaker
who always has an interesting mes
sage. Many of his friends will takq
advantage of this opportunity to hear
him. Sunday schools of the charge
meet promptly at 10 a. m. The pas
tor, Rev. George Clemmer, will re
turn the latter part of next week
and will be in charge of services the
third Sunday.
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WILL SAVE EPISCOPAL
SERVICES ON SUNDAY
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? At eleven o'clock on Sunday morn
ing, September 8th, the Rev. Albert
New will hold, service of Holy Com
munion in St. John's Episcopal
Church. Mr. NeW will preach on:
"The Cross." Everybody fa , most
cordially iimtedj to this^aervice.
THE WEEK
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(By DAN TOMPKINS)
Col. Lake Lea declined the appoint
ment as United States Senator from
Tennessee, to succeed General Tyson.
Cel. Lea served a term in the senate,
and took the position that he can
do more good as a newspaper publish
er than as a United States Senator.1
William E. Brock, Chattanooga can- J
dy manufacturer, was given the ap
pointment, and accepted the commis
sion. Cordell Hull, whose name was.
used in the Hoouston Convention, and
in North Carolina prior thereto, in
an attempt to block the swing to A1
Smith, announced his candidacy for
the post int the next Tennessee elec
tion.
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Great Britain -and Franco are work-'
ing together to suppress the out
breaks of religious hatred kn the
Holy Land. Britain holds the man
date of Palestine, umfpr the League
of Nations, while France has that
of Syria, from the same high source.
-Military aircraft continued their dem
onstrations oVbr the restless Arab
tribes, displaying the might of the
British Empire, and its determination
to maintain peace in the Holy Land,
carrying crtlt the mandate of tho
League. The League of Nations goes
steadily on its way, keeping the peace
of the World, without the assistance
in its high purpose, of the nation that
created it. The former allies .of the
United States arc shouldering the
whole burden.
Back last fall, when the tom-toms
were beating in the most spectac
ular political^campaign, the country
has seen since Andy Jackson's time,
we w'ere solemnly told that tho tariff
was no longer an issue, that there
was no difference in the position of
the two parties on the matter of the
tariff. And yet, we arc informed, by
the press, and the appearances are,
that the biggest tariff battle in a
generation will be waged between
Democrats and Republicans in tho
seem any longer to be interested in
the tariff, and yet it Is a matter that
vitally affects the welfare of every
man, woman and child in the United
States. %
Down in Charlotte the trial of the
men and women charged with the
murder of the Gastonia chief of po
lice is still in the preliminary stage
of selecting the jury. Yet Judge Barn
hill has done a great service by an
nouncing that the trial will be con
fined to the question of whether or
not the defendants are guilty of the
murder of the officer, as charegd
in the bill of indictment. He will no
allow the agitators to inject the trial
of communism, or any other ism into
the matter before his court.
Henry Ford bought an old court
house, at Pottsville, 111., because Abra
ham Lincoln often practiced law be
fore its bar. Mr. Ford proposes to
remove the building to Dearborn,
where is his home. The people in. the
vicinity of Pottsville are raising a
rumpus. After all, just what value
is an historical building when remov
ed from its natural setting? Is not
the wish of Mr. Ford to gather such
things at Dearborn the same instinct
that prompted to add lustre to their
eonquering names by bringing home
treasures of art and history from
raped cities?
Mr. Ramsay McDonald informed
the League of Nations assembly that
the United States and Great Britain
have reached agreement on 17 of 20
dispute<T~points of naval rivalry, and
that his country will not build up a
navy against the United States. Ex
cept for the League itself, the great
est force for peace in the world is
an agreement between the great Eng
lish-speaking nations. -They can main
tain the peace of the world, andi no
one can say them nay.
Business men of Asheville are dis
cussing ja tobacco market. Western
North Carolina has again become in
terested in growing the^ weed, and
more of it is in the fields of the
Mountain counties than in many
years. If good marketing facilities
are provided and a fair price main
tained, tobacco will again become a
goodl money crop in this region. Other
wise it will again be forgotten. Liev
stoek and pastures will bring more
The Mayo* of Brevard hag entered
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SYLVA HIGH OPENS
WITH ENROLLMENT
OF LARGE NUMBER
Back to school went the pupils of
Sylva Central High school, on Mon
, (Jay morning. From a large cross-sec
? tion of Jackson county, beginning at
j Balsam Gap, and including chlidren
j frorc- elementary schhools in three
townships, and a part of a ^fourth,
the "boys and girls are transported to
the central high school in Sylva.
After the opening exercises on Mon
day morning, the school soon got
down to regular "routine, in the class
rooms, and Coach Roberts has his
boys out on the field preparing for
football in the next few weeks.
Mr. Wessinger introudced the teaeh
ers to the students, and welcomed the
boys and girls back to school
A short devotional was conducted
by Rev. J. G. Murray, pastor of the
First Baptist church. Short addresses
were made by Mrv C. C. Buchanan
Mr. A. D. Parker, commissioner of
welfare, andj Mayor Dan Tompkins
Miss Smith gave a couple of vo
cal selections, accompanied by Mrs.
Monteith, at the piano.
The faculty for the school year is
Mr. V. E. Wessinger, principal, Mr
M. G. Roberts, Mrs. 0. Scott, Miss
Catherine Richardson, Miss Llewellyn
Rhodes, Mrs. Ernest Monteith, Miss
Nell Barker, and Miss Helen Maywood
money to the mountains than any
other farm pursuit; but tobacco, with
good market and good price can bo
a valuable secondary money crop.
Gem dealers are demanding that the
present tariff on diamonds He cut
in half. If the senators will devote
their attention to redaction of tariff
on the necessities, the people will be
satisfied. It makes little difference
to the average man about the luxur
ies, because most Americans can't
afford diamonds.
suit against a druggist of the town,
alleging damages in the sum of $25,
000, because of defamatory remarks
toy*- heqn. iradfe, jfey -the
druggist about the mayor. know
nothing of the merits of this partic
ular case, and will not attempt to
pass judgment on it; but as a gen
eral proposition, if more suits of t"?3
kind were brought, people would be
more guarded about the remarks they
make concerning their neighbors.
A young lady, down in Burke, wa
killed when the Ford coupe, in which
she. was) riding with her fiance, left
the pavement, and turned over Sev
eral times. The young man admitted
that he was speeding and had the
car "wide open," racing with another
automobile. He escaped with minor
physical injuries. Too often, it seems
to finite mfnds, the ones who suffer
most are not those who are respons
i-ble for the foolishness that causes
wrecks of automobiles or lives. Yet,
perhaps, they suffer most, after all,
for the worst suffering of all is men
tal suffering, the agony of the soul
Oil in Robeson ! There doesn 't seem
to be much excitement about it; but'
appearances are that oil has actually
been struck ' in North Carolina^, A
pump, in that county, at a* depth of
33 feet, is giving ai^mflamnmtJ? fltfid
The pump has been there, for several
years, and the water has alw?ya been
considered too ^arm and with too
bad a taste, for drinking^ purposes.
Last week the pump began^givirig a
liquid that has the smell of" Refilled
kerosene, of an orange color, An that
burns. A number of the people ia
that part of Robesoiu_have tried it
in their oil lamf>s, and it works. Here
is a problem for . the geologists. May
be, the coastal plain ot North Caro
lina will produce oil of commercial
value. If so, another big item .is add.
ed to the State's great natural re
sources.
The Tallassee Power Company wijl
begin the construction of a tunnel
and dam, on the Nantahala river
some time this fall, it is now defi
nitely known. The work will consume
about three years' time, according to
engineers, and will entail large out! ax
|V)f money. Aside from the initial mon
ey to be expended in the contraction
work, and the increased taxation that
Swain county will get from the prop
( erty, the "power dam will be of little
j value to Nortl) Carolina, if the power
, is to be transported out of the state,
as has heretofore been the policy of
,the Mellon company.
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FORMER SYLVA
GOES TO AUSTRALIA"
Arthur Rogers and Pierce Williams ~
Albemarle young men, will sail from
Vancouver, Washington, on Wednea- >
day, September 18, for Melbourne,
Australia, where they go as instrue
tors to teach operatives to run full- *
fashioned knitting machines for Sta
ley and Staley, of that place. They $
will be located there from six to ;
twelve months.
The Gosscr Knitting Machine Com
pany of New York requested C. W. ?
Gaddy, superintendent of the Wia
cassett Knitting Mill, of Albemarle,
to select two young men 'frdatt las
employ who were competent totfeaefi
operatives how to run full-fashioned *
knitting machines, as they were in
need of two such persons to send to "
Melbourne.
It was stated that Messrs. Rogers
and Williams were selected because
of their competency, education, and
integrity of Character. Both men are
well educated.
Mr. Rogers, who is a son of Mr. :
B. M. Rogers, superintendent of the .
Oakboro cotton mill, has many friends
in Sylva, having spent a considerable
amount of time here in the past fe^
years." He was graduated from Sylva
Collegiate Institute in the spring of
1926.
ROTARIANS TO MEET AT LAKE
The inter-city meeting of Rotarians
from Sylva, Waynesville, Franklin,
and Andrews will be held at Lake
Junaluska, tomorrow, Friday after
noon and evening. The afternoon will
be taken up with boating, golfing, and
horse-shoe pitching.
At 6:30 dinner will be served at
the Lake Junaluska club house. Vist
ing Rotarians in the mountains are
invited to be present at the meeting,
and each Rotarism is asked to bring
a lady witlrhifn. _ ?
CITIZEN'S MARKET SOLD '
M." Buchanan, Jr. and Kenybn '
Moody have sold the Citizen 's Market
to Griuit Floyd and John ' H6xR, 'the
business changing hands on 'AtJgust
26. Mr. FlOy^ has been associated^
with the Jackson Chevrolet Company^
for some time, while Mr. Hoxit ha?
been with the Citizen's Market sinee
it was started. v.|
DECORATION AT BIO RIDGE
There will be a decoration service J
at Big Ridge church and cemetery,
Sunday, Sept. 8. ' ; ' j
Rev. W. C. Reed will preach. Din- {
ner will be served^ on the grounds; ' .
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HAMBURG MAN DDES - - J
News reaches us of the death, Tuea- ,
day morning, at his home atGlenville
of Alonzo Moody. Mr. Moody was a /
well known citizen of Hamburg,' and
had a large acquaintance in JackBon t;
county. "
HOOPER FAMILY TO MEET
The descendants of Ned Hooper,
ofrtfye piqpeers 6f Jackson' county,
viil hohf^Mfr family reunion, at the
oid home jftajBe, nowf the home of Eph, [
Hooper,* oh the Fourth Sunday in
this monih'. ? r .
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. LITTLE CHILD DIES *
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Beraia Eriflfe^ tenyear old 4?ugh
W of Will Erwlev,
cfiedj Tuesday*' st 'Hhe borhtf of her
parent's, nekf affcr ha*wi? been
sld^ fOT seveiffl ^^ks'.5
""Fqneral was IfeTdlbt SfcottfVCreek
Saptift e*X?
son 'and RW. L. WV CaimMfaLmrn
o 'qToc jc, y&ter&iyr&nd
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Eighteen of our btyyri ' and girla
attending Sylva E6gh School '
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year.
Mrs. " Hattie Bry^onj
Nellie, and son Charlie, left last
for Detroit", -Mich.
Mrs. J. R Rork and Ray
Rork left Tuesday for their home
Paducah, Ky.
. Some of oiir people attended
Day celebration fn Canton..
Miss Sallie Christy left reoent
to make her home with her
Mrs. Sam Bryson^in Andrews."
.Sallie wil be greatly missed by
[many friend* in Balsas.
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